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This year Hoghton Tower is celebrating its 450th anniversary since restoration by Sir Thomas de Hoghton in 1565. Lots of events are planned to commemorate the date, but the first of these is the launch of an incredible prize draw – the first in the Tower’s history – with the chance to win exclusive venue […]

A £10 million vision has been revealed for South Ribble as part of the ground-breaking Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal. Boasting a strong focus on enhancing the borough’s rural nature, the plan sets out South Ribble Borough Council’s ambitions for how the money will be spent over the next three years. The proposed schedule […]

The award winning Stanley House Hotel and Spa, has appointed Barry Farley as head of banqueting. Barry, who is 37 and lives in Preston, joins Stanley House from The Arena and Convention Centre, Liverpool. His career highlights include managing the catering for major events such as the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the golf Open at […]

MOD Revival band Secret Affair will headline the all new St. George's Day Festival to be held at Preston Guild Hall on Thursday 23rd April The venue is keen to commemorate this date and celebrate in the same way that we do for St. Patricks Day etc. The line-up will also include MOD favourites The […]

The next phase of work to widen a section of the A582 in South Ribble into a dual-carriageway is due to begin after Easter. Work will begin to widen the southern section of Golden Way between from Cop Lane to the Broad Oak roundabout, close to Booths Supermarket. Road-widening work has recently been completed on […]

US star David Hasselhoff says he can’t wait to come back to Blackpool ahead of his World Premiere show Last Night A DJ Saved My Life. It was revealed last month that the Blackpool Opera House is to host the World Premiere of the brand new musical starring the Hoff, as he is known to […]

The Dukes welcomed the Secretary of State for Culture on Monday to celebrate the theatre’s recent successes. Sajid Javid was accompanied by Lancaster MP, Eric Ollerenshaw on his visit to Lancashire’s only professional producing theatre. They were given a behind the scenes tour of the award-winning theatre as it prepared for a week-long run of […]

Award winning chefs from the Seafood Pub Company popped back to College when they ran service for a week at Nelson and Colne College’s Farringtons restaurant. It is the second year running that Executive Chef Antony Shirley and teams from the Seafood Pub Company’s six Lancashire sites have worked with students from the College’s School […]

Blackpool Opera House has added another show to its 2015 season with the announcement that Tommy Steele is to take to the stage to narrate The Glenn Miller Story. In this brand new production, Steele will tell the extraordinary story of the world’s most famous big band leader accompanied by a live 16-piece orchestra and […]

Work is near completion at Sunset Park getting ready for an Easter launch of 5 luxury lodges available holiday rentals.  For the last several years Sunset has won numerous awards for quality including twice national Silver Awards for England’s ‘Best Holiday Park’.  The park has been all privately owned holiday homes with a great sense […]

PLAY areas across the Chorley borough are being dramatically improved to give local children better recreational facilities. As part of a five year plan, Chorley Council has set about improving the play equipment in a number of parks and recreation grounds while also building completely new facilities including the much anticipated destination play area in […]

CHORLEY’S word festival is back by popular demand and promises to be bigger and better than ever with even more storytellers, authors and venues taking part. What’s Your Story Chorley? is a day of family fun and entertainment celebrating the wonderful world of words and will be held in a variety of venues across the […]